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Environmentalists Urge Steps To Further Strengthen EPA’s Methane Rule

January 10, 2023
Environmentalists are urging EPA to further strengthen its proposed oil and gas methane standards with provisions to further limit gas flaring, clamp down on emissions from storage tanks, and create a “clear pathway” for groups to participate in the agency’s proposed third-party monitoring of “super-emitters.” The advocates are also rebutting calls by industry and some other groups to extend the Feb. 13 comment deadline on the plan, arguing EPA must issue a final rule by this August. “We need to...


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